Cuff-fastener



(No Model.)

' C. L. MOORE.

GUFF FASTBNER.

Patented Oct. 16,'1888.

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N. PUERS. Pmiuwgnhar. Washington. DA C.

UNiTEn Sri-iras 'PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. MOORE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFFFASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming pari: of Letters Patent No. 391,264, dated October 16, 1888.

Application tiled July 25, 188B. Serial No. 281,007. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MOORE, of Worcester, county of \Vorcester, in the State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CuffFasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l'is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof as closed; Fig. 3, a side elevation thereof as opened; Fig. 4, an enlarged longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 5, a bottom plan view; Fig. 6, a transverse section on line .t x, Fig. 3; Figs. 7, 8, and 9, the blanks preferably employed in the construction of my device; and Fi g. l0 illustrates the attachment of my cuila` fastener to a euffand fold of a shirt sleeve.

Similar letters and figures of reference iu dicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates to devices for holding cuffs in position by connecting them adjustably to the sleeves of a garment.

My object is to produce an improved cuff holder or fastener (designed more particularly for mens use) which cannot tear the garment to which it is secured, easy of manipulation, reliable in operation and adjustment, and comparatively inexpensive of manufaeture.

It consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter de scribed, and which are specifically enumerated in the clauses of claim hereto annexed.

It is constructed as follows:

A is the body, consisting of a plate of metal provided at one end with a stampednp hook, 1, at the other end with the raised or stampedup surface or catch 2, and with the side pieces, 3, folded up vertical to the body A, and 4 is a pin inserted through them transversely.

The closer 5 consists of a strip of metal bent to form the angles 6, and having a perforation, 7, in its outer end corresponding in form to that ofthe raised surface 2, and having perforated ears 10, which t over the pin 4. I also provide the raised surface 2 with angular indentations 8 and the perforation 7 with corresponding projections,9, which coincide when the closer is shut down upon the body.

The rivet 11 secures the spring l2 to the body. rIhis spring consists of a piece of sheet metal stamped out to about the form shown in Fig. 9, and bent, as shown in Fig. 4, to forma shoulder, 13, at the back end, which comes up into the angle 6 at some distance rearward of the pin 4, so as to create a leverage across the pin, and the front end is bent upward, as at 14, and this front 14 is stamped so as to form an inward shoulder, 15.

Vhen the closer is forced down upon a fold in the garment, (a shirt sleeve, for instance,) the catch 2 and perforation 5 grip the garment between them and hold it securely. This raises the front end of the closer upward past the shoulder l5, and it rests upon and is held up by this shoulderagainst the tension upon the spring 12. The hook 1 is inserted through the button hole or holes in the upper side of the cuff. To remove the fastener, I spring out the front 14 until the closer is free, when the tension of the spring will throw the closer into the position shown in Fig. 3.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1sW

1. The combination, with the body having vertical side pieces, of a spring secured to the body and built upward at its front end and provided with an inward shoulder, and the closer mounted in the sides of the body, substantially as described.

2. A cuff fastener or holder consisting of a body having vertical sides, a hook on one end, a raised gripping-surface on the other, a piu through the sides, a spring secured to the body, a closer pivoted on the pin and bearing upon the spring and provided with a perforation in the outer end, and a shoulder supporting the inner end of the closer when closed, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of July, 1888.

CHARLES L. MOORE. [1.. s]

In presence ofl WM. C. RAYMOND, A. D. ALLEN. 

